Now that Jorge Gutiérrez has stepped away from his AI project I'm feeling a lot of things. I'm glad that he listened but the fact that he signed on to begin with assumes he thought it would go fine originally? That's insane. The resulting outrage was the most obvious outcome.

This really is it, this is the part that keeps me raging against the machine. Every day of my career I’m shoulder to shoulder with incredible people, pouring their skill & point of view into the work they do, making choices that amaze and delight me. Frame by frame, drawing by drawing…that’s THE job

‘Amphibia’ creator Matt Braly speaks out against the use of AI in animation: “If you need to partner with AI to get a greenlight on your project, it ain’t worth it.”

When I see an AI summary, I avert my eyes like I walked in on my grandmother changing clothes.

new sticker coming up soon that fits my current mood

A few more thoughts about Jorge Gutierrez. Small point but it's funny to me that his only official statement was on X where more sympathetic chuds would be. We're now all forced to recontextualize and question all of his past statements now that we know this is who he really is.

Saw a post saying Jorge Gutierrez was "broken" into embracing CRAP as a targeted attack on creatives. I reject this framing. Gutierrez is a grown ass man who is in full control of his faculties and actions. We have got to stop infantilizing prominent creatives when they get involved with shit

This is so deeply upsetting. I expected much better from Jorge. I hope everyone sees that nobody is too popular to avoid being blacklisted for using AI. Our community deserves and expects better. Let this be a lesson. What a huge betrayal.

The gang’s all here…

Uline continues to be a piece of shit company that you should never purchase from, and if you work in an office or other corporate environment, showing them alternatives that are the same price can go a long way to moving people away from them

Little guyyy (from a color demo at illuma fest this past weekend!)

yeah please don't do this no matter how you phraze it, I always take it as "the only way for me to enjoy your art is to recognize it as derivative & reminding me of something that already exists"

What a great day at Downtown Disney for the launch of @disneylorcana Wilds Unknown! I signed over 200 items including a handful of Powerlines, some of which were in Japanese- a first for me. Thanks to everyone who came out and waited in line from early in the morning and who drove in from far away.

This is a very good thread about AI.

Merida for the new @disneylorcana Wilds Unknown set. My art is also used on the card packs and boxes which is such an honor. Come see me at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney on launch day May 8th to meet me and get your cards signed! I’ll also be at Fire and Dice Games on Saturday May 9th!

Zipper for the new @disneylorcana Wilds Unknown set. I had a fun time designing this original costume. Come see me at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney on launch day May 8th to meet me and get your cards signed! I’ll also be at Fire and Dice Games on Saturday May 9th!

Gadget Hackwrench for the new @disneylorcana Wilds Unknown set. I also got to design her original costume. Come see me at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney on launch day May 8th to meet me and get your cards signed! I’ll also be at Fire and Dice Games on Saturday May 9th!

Toy Story is one of my favorite movies so it was a huge privilege to paint this Woody card for the new @disneylorcana Wilds Unknown set. Come see me at Disneyland's Downtown Disney on launch day May 8th to meet me and get your cards signed! I’ll also be at Fire and Dice Games on Saturday May 9th!

I suspect that the Powers That Be looooove AI because it disengages your brain and softens your thinking. Your free thought, your imagination, gets unplugged and into the socket, the AI node goes. And they control that node. Which means they control your mind. So: they start with kids.

Making a YouTube account to post comics on. If I can get 1,000 followers and 10M views, I can monetize. Easy! If anybody would care to follow along, I’d appreciate it: youtube.com/@toonholechris

my hope for young creative people is that they strive to do more than create "content" "content" is the word of the enemy

Hey, here's a great list by @jmassat.bsky.social of every writer/pitch bible for animated shows from the internet archive! jmassat.com/2024/08/05/e...

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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Pleinair Paintings in Los Angeles

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

Finally got to do some cafe sketching for the first time since having a son. Snuck this in between bottles and wake windows. Not bad for a quick loose take on the barista. Feels good to be back.

someone in AI fucked up and actually told the truth

Every time an AI scumbag blocks me, I grow stronger. Your grift means nothing to me and I am impervious to your "inevitable" bullshit. I know you are liars, and every time you breathlessly talk about how you can't tell if your LLM is alive or not, I have less reason to respect or trust you.

OpenAI is Trump's biggest supporter. Just another reason to quit using all A.I. now.

I have determined that everything right now is All Too Much and it needs to be Considerably Less, so if reality could just dial it down a fucking iota or two, I think we'd all like that

“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”

My first sketch of our baby boy. As a model he wasn’t the most cooperative but he’s certainly the cutest.

In November we welcomed our son Tomas into the world. It was a little early and a lot scary. But thankfully mother and son are happy and healthy and we are so grateful for our beautiful new family.

I’ve curated another starter pack, this time to make it easier to find artists working in the illustration and comics fields! (If you qualify to be on this list but are not on it let me know, I will fill it up until it hits the 150 limit!) go.bsky.app/JU83vmM

CODE 3 is one of the funniest movies of the year according to @moviesaretherapy.bsky.social: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y5oT84/

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!

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talkin' about the AI bubble

I cosign every single word of this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...